Phosphorus
P30.973762 g/mol Calculated
Also called Amgard CPC, Cough Sore Throat and Hishigado.
The element that made matches strike, that farms spread as phosphate fertilizer, and that forms the backbone of DNA. Element 15.
Sources and notes
- The introductionfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curated
- Other namesfrom sourcePubChem / Wikidata
- Formula and weightcomputedPubChem
- 2D drawingcomputedPubChem structure, drawn by RDKit
Where you encounter it
A pure element or an engineered material, rather than an ingredient in a product. Phosphorus on our curated lists.
Every product and list we hold
Sources and notes
- Our curated lists and their amountsfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedEach amount is an editorial figure from our food and drink lists, not a measurement of any one product.
- Ingredient listsfrom sourceWikidata
- How it gets therefrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedEach mark is set by hand on our lists, never inferred; a label's ingredient is added by the maker. A row with no mark data says Not marked.
- The line abovefrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedFrom the group the molecule belongs to.
Properties and sources
Calculated by PubChem
- Molecular formula
- P
- Molecular weight
- 30.973762 g/mol
Reported Hazard label (GHS), ECHA, EU CLP Regulation, Safe Work Australia via PubChem
Danger Flammable pictogram (GHS02), Corrosive pictogram (GHS05), Toxic pictogram (GHS06) and Environmental pictogram (GHS09); hazard statements H228, H250, H300, H314, H330, H400, H412
Groups it belongs to
- Category
- Element & material
- Family
- Chemical elements
- Product lists
- Garden and pest control
- Elements
- Phosphorus
- Hazard classes
- Flammable, Corrosive, Acutely toxic, Environmental hazard, GHS Danger
- Size
- Under 100 g/mol
SMILES
[P]PubChem CID 5462309 · Wikidata Q674 · InChIKey OAICVXFJPJFONN-UHFFFAOYSA-N · Data refreshed
Questions
- What is Phosphorus?
- The element that made matches strike, that farms spread as phosphate fertilizer, and that forms the backbone of DNA. Element 15.
- Where is Phosphorus found?
- Phosphorus is in these product groups: garden and pest control. from source
- How toxic is Phosphorus?
- Its GHS hazard label carries the signal word Danger and the hazard pictograms Flammable, Corrosive, Toxic and Environmental. from source
- What kind of molecule is Phosphorus?
- Phosphorus has the formula P and a molecular weight of 30.974 g/mol. MoleculeFinder files it under chemical elements, in the element & material group. from sourcefrom sourcefrom sourcefrom source
Sources and notes
- Calculated valuescomputedPubChemComputed from the structure, so no laboratory conditions apply; complexity is PubChem's own structural score.
- Hazard labelfrom sourceECHA, EU CLP Regulation, Safe Work Australia via PubChemThe label combines these classifications.
- ECHAfrom sourceAttributionSource: European Chemicals Agency, echa.europa.eu.
- EU CLP Regulationfrom sourceAttributionSource: EUR-Lex, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, © European Union.
- Safe Work Australiafrom sourceAttributionSource: Safe Work Australia, Hazardous Chemical Information System, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0.
- Data refreshedfrom sourceMoleculeFinder2026-11-09